“You never lose by loving. You only lose by holding back.” ~(Barbara De Angelis) Love is something precious and extremely valuable. It is a delicate yet wonderful thing that should always be cherished, but the road to love is quite the bumpy one. With “Cyrano De Bergerac”, a book by Edmond Rostand, and “O’ Were I Loved as I Desire to be” a poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, they both collectively collaborate to get this message across. However, these texts also have significant differences as well. Case in point, the pieces use different plot devices and literary techniques in order to express their theme of how love is difficult.
Through close comparison and analyzation, we can identify that both of these works reveal a similar theme of the struggles of love. For instance, it says in the book: “Afraid that when you have her all alone, you lose all.” ( Rostand pg. 100) This quote is showing how Cyrano is worried about losing the heart of Roxane, causing him to become self conscious and anxious. In the poem, it states: “That I would fear, not clasped hand in hand with thee.” (Tennyson line 9) Similar to Cyrano, the speaker obviously worries that he would not “be loved as he desires to be,” which leads to mixed feelings of joy and courage to sadness and anxiety. This relationship between the two …show more content…
For instance, the story states: “That blossom in my heart, I’ll fling to you!” (Rostand pg. 127) This is an example of how due to Roxane loving Christian rather than Cyrano, Cyrano must pretend to be Christian in order to confess his feelings for her. Another representation of this is where it states: “When I think of you, I tremble.” ( Rostand pg. 127) Yet again, Cyrano is conveying his feelings through Roxane’s love interest, Christian, revealing how he wants to believe that Roxane loves him, but although she doesn’t even know that he loves
Through close comparison and analyzation, we can identify that both of these works reveal a similar theme of the struggles of love. For instance, it says in the book: “Afraid that when you have her all alone, you lose all.” ( Rostand pg. 100) This quote is showing how Cyrano is worried about losing the heart of Roxane, causing him to become self conscious and anxious. In the poem, it states: “That I would fear, not clasped hand in hand with thee.” (Tennyson line 9) Similar to Cyrano, the speaker obviously worries that he would not “be loved as he desires to be,” which leads to mixed feelings of joy and courage to sadness and anxiety. This relationship between the two …show more content…
For instance, the story states: “That blossom in my heart, I’ll fling to you!” (Rostand pg. 127) This is an example of how due to Roxane loving Christian rather than Cyrano, Cyrano must pretend to be Christian in order to confess his feelings for her. Another representation of this is where it states: “When I think of you, I tremble.” ( Rostand pg. 127) Yet again, Cyrano is conveying his feelings through Roxane’s love interest, Christian, revealing how he wants to believe that Roxane loves him, but although she doesn’t even know that he loves